Many weddings will be postponed to 2021, which gives us an extra year for planning. But that means that year 2021 will be booming with weddings! I wanted to write this article to go through wedding cake trends for 2021. So that each bride is up-to-date with the latest fabulous wedding cake options before committing!
Buttercream Beauties
In the last year, there has been a huge change in the cakes that I make. When I entered the cake industry, it was all about fondant and fondant decorations.
But I could see the exciting and beautiful buttercream cake trends emerging from other continents.
But it took a while to get to Ireland. But I believe it is getting established here in Ireland now.
In the past year if I was given complete freedom to make a cake for someone, I would have always made a beautiful tall buttercream cake.
And now more and more people write to me on social media asking for these cakes.
Whilst there are some beautiful techniques with fondant such as marble effect and golden edge, I see tall buttercream cakes much more trendy at the moment.
So down with fondant and up with the buttercream. I have some wonderful Buttercream Wedding Cakes examples available on my online shop. And each of them can be customised with flowers, colours, gold or silver leaf and much more to suit your wedding style.
Rustic and Floral
Fresh flowers will continue to dominate the floral wedding cakes. Unless you know a really good fondant artist, fresh flowers will add a much natural fresher look.
However, I feel the floral cakes will move away from using typical wedding flowers such as roses and lilies to more obscure, smaller, meadowy, unique kinds of flowers.
These flowers will add a rustic prairie look to your 2021 wedding cake in Ireland.
I also feel that such a prairie look is very symbolic of Irish nature. For this look edible flowers and greenery are pressed flat and placed on the cake.
Tall and Skinny Wedding Cakes
Rustic and Naked Wedding Cake
A Touch of Colour
I feel a lot of couples are looking to express themselves with a for a more casual, fun, light-hearted type of wedding. And I see many traditions being thrown out of the window when it comes to the wedding cake.
Whilst white is the predominant colour for wedding cakes, I believe many couples now want to add a touch of colour for fun. This can be achieved with buttercream strokes or edible gold leaf.
Even a sombre effect where another colour is blended into a wedding cake adds a stunning effect. Below cake has a dark purple bottom tier and a sombre effect tall top tier. It is a really fun colourful look and expresses the couples individual style.
Dessert Table / Cake Bar
Last year I did wedding cupcakes for a small wedding in Wrights Anglers Rest in Dublin. It is such a lovely boutique looking venue, and the cupcakes were a perfect touch.
The couple wanted a modern option for wedding dessert which is still elegant and beautiful. And the beauty with cupcakes is that you can have a range of flavours and your guests can pick their favourite.
Their wedding colours were burgundy and dark blue, so the centre point of the dessert table was Red Velvet Cupcakes with Blue Macaroons.
I love to decorate wedding cupcakes with handmade macaroons, they add so much beauty and elegance and make wedding cupcakes really special.
But for chocolate fans, a fresh strawberry and some sprinkles creates wonderful chocolate wedding cupcakes also. Different coloured buttercream and sprinkles can create a simple yet effecting look for wedding cupcakes.
Below is a gallery of some of the wedding cupcake options:
Not Just a Pretty Face
I hope you find the perfect cake you are looking for. If you like my work and decide to order a cake with me then please get in contact orderevescakesdublin@gmail.com or via the web chat on my website.
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